Taipei Times
Date: Jun 19, 2017
By: Jason Pan / Staff reporter

Floodlight installed at Fu Jen University-Hang Yuan’s artificial turf pitch for the Universiade in August

failed on Friday during a match between the Royal Blues and National Sports Training Center (NSTC) due to a power outage in the 52nd minute of the second half, CTFA officials said.

The pitch remained in darkness for more than an hour while work crews repaired electrical circuitry, before the match could resume.

However, eight minutes after play resumed, the lights went out again and needed further repairs before the Royal Blues took a 4-2 victory.

“It is good that we tested out the floodlights and found the problem. Hopefully all the shortcomings can be fixed before the Universiade. However, the lights are not bright enough, so this has to be improved,” Taipower coach and former national team manager Chen Kuei-jen said.

“We can get the lighting to work, but the spectator stands were not finished. This is a half-done job…. Supporters cheering the action can spur teams to play better. I hope the stands are finished so people can watch the games in relative comfort,” Chen said.

Taiwan’s top soccer league tightened up this weekend when Taipei-based Tatung blanked Tainan City 3-0 to move within three points of leaders Kaohsiung-based Taipower, who were held to a scoreless draw by Fu Jen University-Hang Yuan.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/06/13
By: Liang Pei-chi and Christie Chen

Taipei, June 13 (CNA) Tickets for the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei went on sale Tuesday, with tickets to baseball games selling at the fastest pace, according to the Taipei Universiade Organizing Committee.

As of 3:35 p.m. that day, 61 percent of the tickets to the Aug. 19 opening ceremony at the Taipei Stadium, 37 percent of the tickets to the Aug. 30 closing ceremony, and 27,766 tickets to sports events had been sold, the committee said.

The three most popular sports events were baseball, basketball and athletics, with 6,410 tickets, 6,216 tickets and 5,013 tickets sold, respectively, the committee said.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/06/12
By: Lee Chin-wei and Kuo Chung-han

Taipei, June 12 (CNA) Taiwanese-American NBA player Jeremy Lin (林書豪) will visit Taiwan from July

16 to 24 as part of his Asia tour, his agent said Monday.

Lin, a point guard for the Brooklyn Nets, will be in Taipei from July 16 to 19 and attend a charity event on July 19.

He will then head to central Taiwan and help coach a basketball camp at National Taiwan University of Sport in Taichung on July 20 and 21.

He is also scheduled to appear at a meet-and-greet event at Tunghai University in Taichung on July 21 and a seminar in the city on July 22.
[FULL  STORY]

Taiwan Taekwondo team takes away 11 medals at 2017 Asian Junior Taekwondo Championship

Taiwan News
Date: 2017/06/08
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan’s Taekwondo team kicked and kihaped (yelled) their

way to a record 11 medals at the 2017 Asian Junior Taekwondo Championship in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

At the second edition of the annual international Taekwondo tournament, Taiwan’s squad took away three gold, one silver, and two bronze in sparring, while in forms, the team came away with one silver and four bronze, for a total of 11 medals. This was a new tournament record and met the team’s pre-match goals.

The team was coached by 2004 Athens Olympics Taekwondo gold medalist Chen Shih-hsin (陳詩欣), who was the first Taiwanese athlete to win a gold medal in the Olympics. Before the team departed for Ho Chi Minh City, Chen challenged the team to break the previous record of gold medals for a team at the tournament.
[FULL  STORY]

TIMING:After receiving a time violation warning from the umpire, world No. 1 Andy Murray rallied from a set down to beat Kei Nishikori in their men’s quarter-final

Taipei Times
Date: Jun 09, 2017
By: Dave Carroll / Staff reporter, with Reuters, PARIS

After three quarter-final losses at Roland Garros, Taiwan’s Chan Yung-jan on

Wednesday finally made it into the semi-finals of the women’s doubles at the French Open.

Third seeds Chan and Martina Hingis took just 66 minutes to defeat Raluca Olaru of Romania and Olga Savchuk of Ukraine 6-2, 6-1 on the red clay in Paris.
The Taiwanese-Swiss duo saved two of three break points and converted five of nine to complete their 12th straight victory following their title-winning exploits in Madrid and Rome last month.

The third seeds, who are unbeaten on clay this season, next face a tough test against top seeds Bethanie Mattek-Sands of the US and Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic, who ousted unseeded Francesca Schiavone of Italy and Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium 6-2, 6-4 in their quarter-final.

GALVANIZED:A blowout loss to China in the tournament opener was ‘unsettling,’ but the national team rallied before crushing the defending champions in the final

Taipei Times
Date: Jun 08, 2017
By: Jason Pan and Lin Yueh-fu / Staff reporters

Taiwan’s national team yesterday surprised defending champions South Korea with a

77-64 victory in Nagano, Japan, to win the International Basketball Federation’s East Asia Basketball Championship crown for the first time.

South Korea, looking to extend their run of three consecutive titles, began the stronger side, going ahead 20-15 in the first quarter.

However, Taiwan reversed the deficit in the second quarter, with point guard Liu Cheng and center Quincy Davis leading the charge for a 39-34 scoreline at the intermission.

Taiwan put up a solid defense and gradually asserted their dominance, outscoring South Korea 38 to 30 in the second half for a 13-point margin of victory.
[FULL  STORY]